WARP-CD

WARP-CD
Tampa / St. Petersburg, Florida
Channels Digital: 20 (UHF)
Affiliations independent, infomercials
Owner Sunshine Broadcasting Company
Call letters' meaning WARP (as in "time warp", for example)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
20 (?-2009)
Former affiliations The Box (until 2001)
MTV2 (2001-2009?)
Transmitter power 150 kW
Facility ID 55106

WARP-CD is a television station owned by the Sunshine Broadcasting Company, and broadcasts on UHF channel 20. WARP generally broadcasts local programming and infomercials over four subchannels.

WARP originally began as an affiliate of The Box until that network's acquisition by Viacom in 2001, in which it became MTV2. Since then the station began to broadcast more on its schedule.

Broadcasting on a tower on Gandy Boulevard in St. Petersburg, adjacent to Goodwill, WARP broadcasts on an east-west beam, towards central Pinellas County and Tampa, to protect the signals of Gainesville's WCJB-TV and Fort Myers' WBBH-TV, both also broadcasting on channel 20.

WARP-CA's call sign suffix (CA for Class A Low Power) was changed to WARP-CD (Class A Digital) automatically upon grant of WARP-CA's digital license in late-2009. WARP-CD currently broadcasts 4 channels of standard definition digital TV on channels 20.1, 20.2, 20.3 & 20.4.

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Television stations serving West Central Florida, including the greater Tampa Bay Area
English stations

WEDU (3.1 PBS, 3.2 V-me, 3.3 FL Chan, 3.4 World) · WFLA (8.1 NBC, 8.2 Me-TV) · WTSP (10.1 CBS, 10.2 Weather) · WTVT (13.1 Fox) · WPDS-LD (14.1-4 Edu.) · W15CM 15 (unknown) · WUSF (16.1 PBS, 16.2 Kids, 16.3 Create, 16.4 Knowledge) · WSVT 18 (Daystar) · WARP-CD (20.1-20.4 infomercials) · WCLF (22.1 CTN, 22.2 CTNi) · WFTS (28.1 ABC, 28.2 Live Well) · WTAM-LD (30.1 My Family TV) · W31CZ-D (31.1 TBN)  · WMOR (32.1 Ind, 32.2 This, 32.3 Estrella) · W33CC 33 (HSN) · WSPF 35 (city of St. Pete) · WTTA (38.1 MNTV) · W43CE-D (43.1 unknown) · WTOG (44.1 CW) · WVEA-LP 46 (HSN) · WZRA 48 (Ethnic/A1/NTV/CTV/DW) · WXPX (66.1 ION, 66.2 Qubo, 66.3 Life)
Spanish stations

WXAX 26 (AZA) · WRMD-CD (49.1 TMD) · WFTT-DT (50.1 TFT) · WVEA (62.1 UNI, 62.2 LATV)
Outlying areas

WHRT 17 (Ind) · WWSB (40.1 ABC) · WYKE-CD (47.1 FN) · WGPS-LP 51 (TBN)
Cable channels
Distant stations

Reception may vary by geographical location
 Fort Myers: WINK 11 (CBS) · WBBH 20 (NBC)  · WGCU 30 (PBS)  · WFTX 36 (Fox)
Orlando: WKMG 6 (CBS) · WFTV 9 (ABC) · WOFL 35 (Fox) · News 13
Gainesville: WUFT 5 (PBS) · WOGX 51 (Fox)
Defunct
Other Television Stations in the state of Florida

Miami - Fort Lauderdale: WPXM 35 (ION, Miami) - WCAY-CA 36 (Tourist, Key West) - WHDT-LP 44 (Ind, Miami) - WBEC 63 (Educational, Fort Lauderdale)
Tampa - St. Petersburg: WPDS-LD 14 (Educational, Largo) - WARP-CD 20 (infomercials, Tampa) - WMOR 32 (Ind / This (32.2), Lakeland) - WSPF-CA 35 (St. Petersburg City Access, St. Petersburg) - WZRA-CA 48 (Ethnic / America One / NTV / CTV Canada, Oldsmar) - WXPX 66 (ION, Bradenton)
Jacksonville: WJXT 4 (Ind, Jacksonville) - WVVQ-LP 15 (Ind, Jacksonville) - WQXT-CA 22 (America One, St. Augustine) - WBXJ-CA 43 (MTV2, Jacksonville) - WPXJ-LP 54 (ION, Jacksonville)
Tallahassee - Thomasville: WBXT-CA 43 (MTV2, Tallahassee) - WFXU 57 (Ind, Live Oak)
Orlando - Daytona Beach - Melbourne: W07BP-D 7 (Educational, Ocala) - WDSC 15 (Educational, Daytona Beach) - WRDQ 27 (Ind, Orlando) - WOPX 56 (ION, Melbourne)
Gainesville: WRUF-LD 10 (Weather, Gainesville) - WBXG-CA 33 (MTV2, Gainesville) - WYME-CA 45 (Me-TV, Gainesville) -
West Palm Beach - Fort Pierce: WHDT 59 (DW/Ind, Stuart) - WBEC 63 (Educational, Boca Raton) - WPXP 67 (ION, Lake Worth)
Panama City: WPCT 46 (Tourist, Panama City Beach)
Pensacola / Mobile: WRBD-LP 8 (Ind/A1, Pensacola) - WBQP-CA 12 (A1/ALN, Pensacola) - WJTC 44 (Ind, Pensacola) - WFBD 48 (A1, Destin) - WPAN 53 (JTV, Fort Walton Beach) - WAWD 58 (Tourist, Fort Walton Beach)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Florida
Also see: Religious and Spanish TV stations